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Chapter 129 - 129 129 The Rush of Small Fry

129: Chapter 129: The Rush of Small Fry 129: Chapter 129: The Rush of Small Fry Before the fish pinching started, there hadn’t been a rule against swapping fishing spots; when Old Yu mentioned it, Liu Fengnian merely looked up and said nothing.

Yue Feng’s heart skipped a beat when he saw Old Yu switch places with Er Mao!

What was feared most had actually happened; nobody else switched places, only to have Old Yu exchange with Er Mao.

Next to the third position was Wang Jian, making him and Yu Qulong now right next to each other.

“We didn’t agree on swapping spots beforehand, how about we add a rule now?

You can only switch spots once.

You can’t just change willy-nilly, okay?

You’re baiting on both sides, and if we take turns fishing like this, it seems a bit unfair!” Yue Feng, with a shift of his eyes, suddenly proposed adding a rule.

“Fine!

Then just one swap!

If you think your own spot isn’t good, you can also switch once with a teammate!” As the beneficiary, Yu Qulong agreed without hesitation.

As Old Yu moved to his new spot, an idea flashed in Yue Feng’s mind, and from the Virtual Space within his sea of consciousness, he found a card he had saved from previous lucky draws, “Mixed Fish Charge”.

“Mixed Fish Charge”: Use to release in a designated area, gathers all non-target fish species in the surrounding area to the designated location.

The card disappears after one use, and its effect lasts for 6 hours.

Yue Feng’s initial thought when he first drew this card was to use it to avoid small fish while fishing.

But later, he realized that not only could it be used defensively, but also offensively, to disturb others’ catches, and now it was the perfect counter for Wang Jian and his companion.

Mentally activating it, an invisible and intangible ripple spread out from Yue Feng’s side, quickly enveloping the fishing areas of Wang Jian and Yu Qulong.

Under the influence of this strange energy, all kinds of small miscellaneous fish in the water, as if responding to a charge signal, crazily surged towards the target area.

What are miscellaneous fish?

This term is the counterpart to targeted fish.

Generally, they are understood to be small in size, indiscriminate in feeding, and lightweight, such as the common wheat spike, pomfret, small loach, and white strip fish.

These miscellaneous fish are very small with even smaller mouths, and they are found throughout the upper, middle, and lower water strata.

They are the most annoying creatures for anglers to encounter.

Having only fished a few rods’ worth after the swap, Yu Qulong’s brows furrowed.

Something was off.

There was plenty of action from the float, but after a few casts, not a single fish was caught.

Instead, the float began to dance extravagantly, moving up and down, left and right, enough to drive someone crazy.

“Did you add something to the bait bed?” Yu Qulong casually asked the junior brother beside him.

Wang Jian was also puzzled.

There had been no such amount of miscellaneous fish on his side before his senior brother came over.

“No, I was about to ask you the same thing!

There were no mixed bites before you came, and now the float won’t even settle!” Wang Jian said in frustration.

Yu Qulong nodded after hearing this, indicating he understood, and leaned over to observe carefully.

Yue Feng, who was sitting in the second position, had a remarkably stable float; once it dipped, it meant a big carp, completely unlike the chaos of small fish making a ruckus in the brothers’ bait bed.

“Maybe there’s something wrong with today’s bait.

I’ll try making a plainer one!” Yu Qulong, puzzled by the root cause, could only open up his Fishing Box and start making a new batch of bait with grain scent as the main attractant.

Under normal fishing circumstances, during early spring, it’s beneficial and not harmful to add a bit of fishy smell to the bait—a universal law of wild fishing.

However, the root of the problem currently wasn’t even there; Old Yu’s adjustment was bound to lead to predictable outcomes.

Having switched to bait with a more enticing scent, the problem of constantly dealing with nuisance from small fish remained unresolved.

Everyone knew that different species of fish had their distinct distributions underwater.

Compared to the crucian carp weighing just over half a pound, the small fish that were causing a disturbance, like the wheat-ear nibblers, were much faster both in swimming and in feeding.

The bait of a regular cast didn’t stand a chance of reaching the intended target fish before being rapidly consumed by the smaller ones—the same principle applied to the feeding spot prepared earlier, which didn’t take long before it had been completely cleared, as if swept by an autumn breeze.

Wang Jian and Yu Qulong were both driven to the brink of existential crisis by the relentless small fish, yet Yue Feng and Liu Fengnian were in a much more comfortable position.

As the feeding spot attracted more fish, the activity changed from brisk to vigorous, eventually creating a minor climax of continuous catches.

With prized crucian carp weighing over half a pound to over a pound, if caught in succession, the weight could be quite considerable.

Just half an hour into the competition, Yue Feng’s side had already taken a significant lead.

Seeing no other solution, Yu Qulong gritted his teeth and changed from a size six Sleeve Hook to a size three.

If small fish were the issue, he would rely on catching small fish to close the gap in scores!

Better any catch than none, and if the two teammates responsible for catching larger specimens could make some headway, there might still be a chance to turn the tide.

“Ah, Yue Feng has got another one!

This one’s huge!

Those of you who haven’t hit ‘follow’ yet, please go ahead and do it now!”

Baby, tasked with casting and monitoring Yue Feng’s livestream from the mobile backend, was actively engaging with the online audience, and the number of viewers had reached three thousand.

Despite showing a lack of expertise in fishing through certain details, the livestream’s fans were very forgiving.

Any troll attempting to disrupt the flow was soon drowned out by the sea of supportive viewers.

As Baby was chatting and interacting with the audience, the surf rod, which had stood steady up until that point, began to tremble, followed by the piercing sound of an electronic fish alarm.

The rig, equipped with a reel, was borrowed from Liu Fengnian, including the electronic fish alarm that came with it.

The fish alarm worked on the principle that if a fish were hooked, it would tug on the line, and since the alarm was connected to the line assembly, any motion would immediately trigger a shrill buzzing noise.

“We’ve got a bite on the cast!” Baby shouted excitedly to the livestream audience and, disregarding the camera angle, stood up to grab the handle of the surf rod.

The basic steps following a hook were something Yue Feng had already thoroughly covered with Baby, including practice simulations.

Baby skillfully lifted the rod upwards, gave it a jab, then checked the reel’s drag system and quickly stabilized the situation.

Yue Feng, standing by, quickly adjusted the drone’s angle to refocus on Baby.

“How is it?

Is it strong?

If you can’t handle it, pass it to me!” Yue Feng asked with concern.

“It’s manageable!” Baby firmly gripped the rod’s handle, trying to control the fish.

However, the fish underwater were extremely strong and, after being stabbed by the rod, started to madly dash towards deeper water.

The drag system clicked continuously, and within the blink of an eye, it had pulled out dozens of meters of line and was still sprinting on.

The viewers in the livestream were completely thrilled.

Baby had claimed to be a fishing novice, and it turned out to be true.

But watching the series of actions just now, there was surprisingly nothing to fault.